Associations to the word «Splenetic»

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Wiktionary

SPLENETIC, adjective. Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry
SPLENETIC, adjective. (biology) relating to the spleen
SPLENETIC, noun. (archaic) A person affected with spleen.

Dictionary definition

SPLENETIC, adjective. Of or relating to the spleen.
SPLENETIC, adjective. Very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues".

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